The Matrimony

2007, TENG Hua-Tao, 1h 31m

A tragic love story with a strong supernatural undercurrent from 1930s Beijing. Shen is soon to be married but becomes a witness to his fiancée being run over and killed in the street. Having totally lost interest in life, he collects all her belongings in a special room in his house where no one else is allowed to enter. Eventually he remarries but is still obsessed with the dead woman. Then one day his wife finds the key to the room…

The Matrimony is shot in an enormously luscious and colourful way, and the inventive camera movements and placements create a very special, half otherworldly mood. ds

Original title Xin zhong you gui

Year 2007

Director TENG Hua-Tao

Screenplay YANG Qianling, ZHANG Jialu

Cinematography Mark LEE Ping-bing

Producer JIAYI Du, WANG Zhongjun, WANG Zhonglei

Cast FAN Bingbing, LAI Leon, LIU Rene

Production Company Huayi Brothers

Runtime 1h 31m

Format ??? Print/Format ???

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